2007 Sessions for Aparna Mitra

 
Tuesday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 20K
African-Americans, Hispanics and the Labor Market

Session Chairs:

Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida

Papers:

"Correspondence Testing of Racial Discrimination in Oklahoma Labor Markets"
Jonathan Robert McFadden, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma

"Human Capital and Black-White Interracial Marriage"
Deniz Gevrek, University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Reparations for African Americans as a Transfer Problem: A Cautionary Tale"
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Self-Employment and Ethnicity: The Case of Hispanics in the United States"
John Lunn, Hope College (Contact Author)
Todd Steen, Hope College

Discussants:

Khusrav Gaibulloev, University of Texas at Dallas
Jayanta Sarkar, Louisiana Tech University


 
Tuesday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 18L
Family Differences in Earnings and Human Capital

Session Chairs:

Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin

Papers:

"Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love? The Effects of Random Income Shocks on Divorce"
Scott Hankins, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Mark L. Hoekstra, University of Pittsburgh

"Is There a Role of Cultural Factors in Explaining the Male Marriage Premium?"
Dipanwita D. Sarkar, University of Louisiana at Monroe (Contact Author)

"Market Structure and Wage Discrimination"
Sonam Gupta, University of Arizona (Contact Author)
Ronald L. Oaxaca, University of Arizona

"Human Capital Attainment and Gender Empowerment: The Kerala Paradox"
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Ms. Pooja Singh, Independent Researcher

Discussants:

Dipanwita D. Sarkar, University of Louisiana at Monroe
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma
Sonam Gupta, University of Arizona


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